Dave Christian

Player profile and career history

R · #25

Dave Christian was a right wing. Born May 12, 1959 in Warroad, Minnesota, the United States, he stood 6'0", weighed 180 lbs and shot right. He was drafted in 1979 (round 2, 40th overall) by the WIN. In 1,009 NHL regular-season games he had 340 goals and 433 assists for 773 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games: 1,009
Goals: 340
Assists: 433
Points: 773

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 433
Game Winning Goals: 35
Games Played: 1009
Goals: 340
Ot Goals: 1
Pim: 284
Plus Minus: -64
Points: 773
Power Play Goals: 102
Power Play Points: 254
Shooting Pctg: 0.1568
Shorthanded Goals: 8
Shorthanded Points: 18
Shots: 2167

NHL playoff career

Games: 102
Goals: 32
Assists: 25
Points: 57

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 25
Game Winning Goals: 3
Games Played: 102
Goals: 32
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 27
Plus Minus: -14
Points: 57
Power Play Goals: 5
Power Play Points: 14
Shooting Pctg: 0.1373
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 0
Shots: 233

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game: 0.34
Assists / game: 0.43
Points / game: 0.77
Shots / game: 2.15

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals: 41
Assists: 52
Points: 83
Shots: 218

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1995–96
- MinnesotaIHL
1994–95
- MinnesotaIHL
1993–94
- IndianapolisIHL
- Chicago BlackhawksNHL
1992–93
- Chicago BlackhawksNHL
1991–92
- USACan-Cup
- St. Louis BluesNHL
1990–91
- USACC
- Boston BruinsNHL
1989–90
- WashingtonFr-Tour
- Boston BruinsNHL
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1988–89
- Washington CapitalsNHL
- USAWEC-A
1987–88
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1986–87
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1985–86
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1984–85
- USACan-Cup
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1983–84
- USACC
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1982–83
- Winnipeg Jets (1979)NHL
1981–82
- USACan-Cup
- Winnipeg Jets (1979)NHL
1980–81
- Winnipeg Jets (1979)NHL
- USAWEC-A
1979–80
- Winnipeg Jets (1979)NHL
- USANat-Tm
- USAOlympics
1978–79
- North DakotaWCHA
- USAWJC-A
1977–78
- North DakotaWCHA
1976–77
- WarroadHigh-MN

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
1995–96	IHL	Minnesota	Regular	69	21	25	46	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 25 Games Played 69 Goals 21 Pim 8 Points 46
1994–95	IHL	Minnesota	Regular	81	38	42	80	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 42 Games Played 81 Goals 38 Pim 16 Points 80
1994–95	IHL	Minnesota	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1993–94	IHL	Indianapolis	Regular	40	8	18	26	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 18 Games Played 40 Goals 8 Pim 6 Points 26
1993–94	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	Regular	9	0	3	3	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 9 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
1993–94	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 0
1992–93	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	Regular	60	4	14	18	12	6	75	1	3	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 14 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 60 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 6 Points 18 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0533 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 75
1992–93	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 1
1991–92	Can-Cup	USA	Regular	7	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 2
1991–92	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	78	20	24	44	41	2	142	1	7	3	4	3	0	All stats Assists 24 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 78 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 41 Plus Minus 2 Points 44 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.1408 Shorthanded Goals 3 Shorthanded Points 4 Shots 142
1991–92	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Playoffs	4	3	0	3	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.75 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 4
1990–91	CC	USA	Regular	7	1	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 2
1990–91	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	78	32	21	53	41	8	173	9	15	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 21 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 78 Goals 32 Ot Goals 0 Pim 41 Plus Minus 8 Points 53 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.185 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 173
1990–91	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	19	8	4	12	4	-2	39	0	1	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 19 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -2 Points 12 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.2051 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 39
1989–90	Fr-Tour	Washington	Regular	4	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 3
1989–90	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	50	12	17	29	8	4	99	2	6	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 17 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 50 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 4 Points 29 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 6 Shooting Pctg 0.1212 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 99
1989–90	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	28	3	8	11	4	-12	54	0	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 8 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 28 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -12 Points 11 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0556 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 54
1989–90	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	21	4	1	5	4	-6	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 21 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -6 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1081 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 37
1988–89	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	80	34	31	65	12	2	177	16	25	1	2	1	0	All stats Assists 31 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 80 Goals 34 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 2 Points 65 Power Play Goals 16 Power Play Points 25 Shooting Pctg 0.1921 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 177
1988–89	WEC-A	USA	Regular	6	4	3	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 6 Goals 4 Pim 2 Points 7
1988–89	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0	-3	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 2 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0476 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
1987–88	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	80	37	21	58	26	-14	187	14	23	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 21 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 80 Goals 37 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus -14 Points 58 Power Play Goals 14 Power Play Points 23 Shooting Pctg 0.1979 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 187
1987–88	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	14	5	6	11	6	9	40	1	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 9 Points 11 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 40
1986–87	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	76	23	27	50	8	-6	150	5	16	0	1	2	0	All stats Assists 27 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 76 Goals 23 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -6 Points 50 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.1533 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 150
1986–87	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	6	1	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0476 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
1985–86	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	80	41	42	83	15	2	218	18	35	2	5	4	0	All stats Assists 42 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 80 Goals 41 Ot Goals 0 Pim 15 Plus Minus 2 Points 83 Power Play Goals 18 Power Play Points 35 Shooting Pctg 0.1881 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 5 Shots 218
1985–86	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	9	4	4	8	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 9 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 8 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1538 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 26
1984–85	Can-Cup	USA	Regular	6	2	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 3
1984–85	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	80	26	43	69	14	21	152	5	16	0	1	2	1	All stats Assists 43 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 80 Goals 26 Ot Goals 1 Pim 14 Plus Minus 21 Points 69 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.1711 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 152
1984–85	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1111 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
1983–84	CC	USA	Regular	6	2	1	3	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 3
1983–84	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	80	29	52	81	28	28	164	9	24	0	0	6	0	All stats Assists 52 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 80 Goals 29 Ot Goals 0 Pim 28 Plus Minus 28 Points 81 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 24 Shooting Pctg 0.1768 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 164
1983–84	NHL	Washington Capitals	Playoffs	8	5	4	9	5	-1	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 8 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 5 Plus Minus -1 Points 9 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.3333 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 15
1982–83	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Regular	55	18	26	44	23	-5	133	4	14	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 26 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 55 Goals 18 Ot Goals 0 Pim 23 Plus Minus -5 Points 44 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 14 Shooting Pctg 0.1353 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 133
1982–83	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 4
1981–82	Can-Cup	USA	Regular	6	1	0	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 1
1981–82	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Regular	80	25	51	76	28	-40	218	6	29	1	1	3	0	All stats Assists 51 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 80 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 28 Plus Minus -40 Points 76 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 29 Shooting Pctg 0.1147 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 218
1981–82	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	-8	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -8 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
1980–81	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Regular	80	28	43	71	22	-55	185	9	27	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 43 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 80 Goals 28 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus -55 Points 71 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 27 Shooting Pctg 0.1514 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 185
1980–81	WEC-A	USA	Regular	8	8	3	11	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 8 Pim 6 Points 11
1979–80	NHL	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Regular	15	8	10	18	2	-5	34	3	10	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -5 Points 18 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.2353 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 34
1979–80	Nat-Tm	USA	Regular	59	10	20	30	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 20 Games Played 59 Goals 10 Pim 26 Points 30
1979–80	Olympics	USA	Regular	7	0	8	8	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 8
1978–79	WCHA	North Dakota	Regular	40	22	24	46	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Games Played 40 Goals 22 Pim 22 Points 46
1978–79	WJC-A	USA	Regular	5	2	1	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Pim 0 Points 3
1977–78	WCHA	North Dakota	Regular	38	8	16	24	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Games Played 38 Goals 8 Pim 14 Points 24
1976–77	High-MN	Warroad	Regular	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats

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Date	Opponent	Assists	Points	Time on ice
1994-04-26	TOR	0	0	–
1993-12-07	STL	0	0	–
1993-12-04	NJD	0	0	–
1993-10-31	PHI	0	0	–
1993-10-28	TOR	1	1	–

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Profile updated Oct 14, 9:50 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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